Nursing Core Competencies

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Nursing is a career of service intended to aid people all over the world. A professional nurse will care and advocate for the patient while maintaining trust with the patient. The professional nursing organizations affiliated with these behaviors are the American Nurses’ Association, Florida Students’ Association and National Association of Neonatal Nurses. These associations provide nursing interventions, rules and regulations with the utmost intent in serving the people and their needs to the best of their ability. As a professional nurse, nurses must utilize the correct judgement and competency to perform the procedures required in helping a patient.

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The ‘scope of practice’ for Nursing sets out the procedures, standards, conditions, and limitations for any licensed and professional nurse (ANA 2010). The states delegate the practice of RN by establishing state nurse practice act that states the responsibilities and authority of nurses and their answerability to

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Nurses need to be educated on EBP and its importance. Managers need to incite employees to be aware of EBP and take measure to improve and implement policies and procedures. Zeleníková, R., Beach, M., Ren, D., Wolff, E., & Sherwood, P. (2014). Faculty Perception of the Effectiveness of EBP Courses for Graduate Nursing Students. Worldviews On Evidence-Based Nursing, 11(6), 401. doi:10.1111/wvn.12068 Koivunen, M., Niemi, A., & Hupli, M. (2015).

The advancement in medical science, technology and complexity of the current patient care, demands the nurses to be prepared with the knowledge and skills in Assessment and Intervention, Effective Communication, Critical Thinking, Patient Relationship, Leadership, Management and Teaching. As the required competency increases, the curriculum needs to prepare the nursing graduates to have these core competencies as outlined by COPA model (Competency Outcomes and Performance Assessment)” (Lenburg, 1999 a, b). The BSN curriculum is tailored to accommodate these professional development requirements, the modern era demands that incorporate a broad scope of practice, giving a better edge in competency compared to an ADN, especially in Critical Thinking. A noteworthy point is that the differences in clinical competencies of a BSN and ADN are few compared to management, leadership, decision making and communication competencies. The BSN course gives the students more exposure in nursing practices than an ADN.

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Adopting professionalism in conflict resolution is critical for the accomplishment of goals in every organization. In the healthcare setting, especially regarding rapport between nurses and other healthcare professionals, resolving conflict is necessary to achieve advanced quality outcomes healthcare delivery system (Gardner, 2015). No matter which organization or which position we hold, we will always come across the issue of conflict, the most important key is applying effective strategies to resolve and manage the conflict, so it does not escalate. The strategy includes listening, critical thinking and maintaining the interest of all parties involved in the conflict. References Finkelman, A.

therefore, improve quality of life. This is due in part to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, personal variables and interaction of internal and external variables that impact communication with patients. (www.nursingworld.org/Vol-19-2014/No.3-Sept.) Every nurse can employ to advocate for nursing as part as their daily activities must be point of care, nurse manager, or nurse educator. (www.nursingworld.org/Vol-17-2012/No.1-Jan.) There is one common voice among nurses, if they accept to join. The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a professional organization that advocates and protects the profession of nurses.

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Advanced Practice nurses have sought out advanced education and share a commitment to education. They will bring the information they have learned and share it with their peers and organization to promote change.

Highly motivated to impact patient safety and quality of care. Experience with project management within Bellin’s refill pilot team, involving one-one training with orientation, competency assessment completions, evaluation of knowledge and understanding, in addition to implementation of evidenced-based practice involvement with protocol utilization. Achieved bachelor’s degree in nursing from Marian University May 2013. Part-time nursing master’s student at Marian University graduation anticipation December 2019. Licensure/Certification: WI Nursing License (File Number: 198659-30), CPR/AED Certified, NIH Stroke Scale Certification (2015), Pain Management Course Completion.